William Fetherston

1852 - 1925  (72 years)

• Name	William Fetherston  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	30 Jan 1852	Carne, Mayne, Co Westmeath, Ireland   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	20 Feb 1853	Mayne, Co Westmeath, Ireland   [3, 4]
  Religion	Aft 20 Feb 1853  [1, 3]
  	Church of England
  Immigration	Abt 1872	Ireland   [1, 3]
  	From Ireland to England
  Immigration	1875  [2, 3, 5]
  	From London to Melbourne on the 'Great Britain', travelling with his brother Richard and Ibelieve a MacCullagh relative.
  Occupation	1875	Ireland   [3, 5]
  	Trader
  Emigration	20 Oct 1875	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [2, 6]
  	Age: 23
  Residence	1910	Everton Road, Strathfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [3]
  Occupation	1925	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [1, 7]
  	Draper
  Reference Number	63539
  Residence	1925	Everton Road, Strathfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [1, 3]
  Died	20 Jan 1925	Mental Hospital, Ermington & Rydalmere, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [1, 8, 9]
  	Chronic Interstitial Myocaeditis at 71 years old.
  Buried	21 Jan 1925	Church of England Cemetery, Field of Mars, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia   [3, 10]
  Person ID	I63539	Featherstone Main
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	William Fetherston,   b. Abt 1815, Co Westmeath, Ireland ,   d. 11 Feb 1878, Carne, Co Westmeath, Ireland  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Sarah Holmes,   b. Bef 08 Jul 1827, Carne, Co Westmeath, Ireland ,   d. 22 Sep 1912, Carne Cottage, 18 Prospect Road, Summer Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  (Age > 85 years)
  Married	23 Oct 1847	Mayne, Co Westmeath, Ireland   [11, 12]
  Family ID	F3711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S2057] The NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. [S2064] Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passe, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.;), Series: VPRS 7666; Series Title: Inward Overseas Passenger Lists(British Ports) [Microfiche Copy of VPRS 947]. [S2050] Featherstone Society Member 322 Marie Davison, Marie Davison, (Aug 2015). [S2075] Church of Ireland - Castlepollard Union of Churche, Research probided by Michael Conlon of Castlepollard 2007, Research provided by Michael Conlon of Castlepollard. [S2078] Passenger List 'Great Britain' 1875, Passenger List 'Great Britain' London to Melbourne arriving 20 Oct1875. [S2050] Featherstone Society Member 322 Marie Davison, Marie Davison, (Aug 2015), Immigrated on the ship 'Great Britain' that arrived from London to Melbourne on 20 Oct 1875 with brother Richard & cousin Henry James MacCullagh. [S2050] Featherstone Society Member 322 Marie Davison, Marie Davison, (Aug 2015), William was a Draper. He did not marry. In 1925 he had been in NSW abt. 50 years, and in Queensland for 3 years. This means that he emmigrated c. 1872, at about 18 years of age. [S2050] Featherstone Society Member 322 Marie Davison, Marie Davison, (Aug 2015), He died at 71 years old. I have a copy of William's Death Certificate. The informant was a clerk at the hospital, his death was registered at Ryde. Witnesses of his death were J. Morris and W. H.Roberts. [S2070] NSW Births, Deaths and Marriage Registry, William Fetherston Death Certificate 1925. [S2057] The NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, NSW rego. no. 2949/1925. [S2069] Research provided by Michael Conlon of Castlepolla, Church of Ireland - Castlepollard Union of Parishes. [S2050] Featherstone Society Member 322 Marie Davison, Marie Davison, (Aug 2015), On Oct 23 1847 William Fetherston of Carne whose father was Michael,married Sarah Holmes of Carne whose father was Richard, witnesses were Benjamin Lloyd and Richard Holmes.